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15th March - 3:55pm

It's the middle of March but I have just about finished the 40 page April issue of our Monthly Health Packs.  Only thing to add are a couple of photos and write-ups for two future HMHB events (a British Library visit on Friday 17th March, and a History/Health walk on Friday 31st March based around Elthorne Park in Islington.

I started the packs back in 2020 when the Covid pandemic hit us.  It came to the first lockdown and we needed to decide how HMHB was going to react, and what we could do for the local community.

There were plenty of organisations looking to get involved in food deliveries and medicine deliveries, but I wanted to do something different, to help people stay motivated and encouraged, especially knowing myself how depression and stress can overwhelm someone.

I cam up with the idea of a weekly health pack - focusing on Mind-set, Nutrition, Exercise, and Health - the first issue being just 10 pages.  That became 14, then 16, up to 20, and quite soon it was a weekly 26 page pack - that included a new recipe each week that I had not cooked from scratch before, quizzes, games, etc.  In all there were 50 issues - all of which are on our website in PDF form.

I then decided that I would continue with a monthly health pack - this now being 36 pages - with more news, some research, more recipes, and it was now going to over 250 email addresses, and I know other organisations were also forwarding on to their users.

It is now a 40 page publication - every month - and I am so proud of what I produce each month.
It still focuses on our four key elements, but there is much more to keep people entertained.  I try and make it interesting, and have learnt so much myself from research.

Do check out all previous weekly and monthly packs - there are details of content too - on our website.

www.hmhb2016.org.uk


 

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